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- Dirtier Harry vs. Flatnose
- Police escort at Brown's funeral no big deal
- The Best of Woody Allen
- A weak defense
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- The Best Movies: 1942
- Has anyone else noticed the similarities between t...
- ...and this one
- A new TV ad lambasts Gov. Hair
- Is that all there is to the tower
- Wish I had written this
- What's needed to love the game of soccer
- These folks are dumb enough to be elected to Joe B...
- The Father's Day Tragedy
- Get me the Raid
- Who is the worst person in the world?
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- A great movie poster
- Some thoughts on seeing this "Knight and Day" trailer
- I absolutely loved this book, apparently EW thinks...
- Uhm ... excuse me .... say, driver ... uhm, ya thi...
- Rep. Brown partially right for all the wrong reasons
- The Best Movies: 1941
- Hilary tries once more for Oscar No. 3
- City Council erred in passing stray dog ordinance
- Reservation confirmed
- Lakers win second straight NBA title: What a long,...
- Because all great trilogies come in threes
- If it was up to De-Wayne, we would never have park...
- This Mary Suhm revenue-generating plan doesn't pas...
- Southwest Airlines, where's bags fly free and head...
- You really haven't done Mesquite until you've stay...
- You CAN go home again if you arrest a lot of peopl...
- You can reserve his room on death row right now
- What have Joe and Jerry been drinking?
- I could let this one go
- Sofia's "Somewhere"
- Best Movies: 1940
- Natalie Wood's Not Spoiled
- Texas challenged the Big 12 to a game of chicken a...
- This year's "Hurt Locker"?
- The original Karate Kid
- Stopping an oil spill before it happened
- The Texas/Texas A&M tradition
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- The nimbies strike again
- Source: Expanded PAC 10 would forego football cham...
- Where Texas goes, others are sure to follow
- The Best Movies: The 1930s
- Nebraska to leave Big 12? No big deal
- City needs to permanently shelve SW Center Mall plans
- Suppose the Boss gave a concert in Hyde Park and e...
- Best Movies: 1939
- If I was the emperor of the PAC 10.
- Reason #787,634 why Jesse James is the dumbest per...
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- Best Movies: 1938
- Thoughts about that girl with the dragon tattoo
- Our two candidates for governor speak out ... firs...
- ...and now Gov. Hair on his place of residence
- Randrom thoughts while perusing today's news
- A City Council that can't see the forest for the t...
- Best Movies: 1937
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About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
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